Special Recognition

• National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Honorary Membership (’70)

• All American Football Foundation Oustanding American Award (’00)

• Lifetime Achievement Award (’03)

Did You Know?

Anton Reel spoke no English when he arrived in New York City from his native Germany in 1929 but he excelled in school graduating from dental school in 1945. He is the first bodybuilder inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and the oldest inductee at the time of induction (86).